Heroica RPG - Quest #36: The Voracious Vault

[Endgame]

"I think I may use this opportunity to heal Daxus."

Battle Order:

Erik: Juggernaut (Front Row)

Mizuki: Juggernaut (Front Row)

Daxus: Progg A (Front Row)

Pretzel: Heal Daxus

QM Note: Erm. What order do you want me to use if that one is crosssed out.

[Palathadric]

Oops, accidentally, struck through. Edited it.

[Endgame]

Round Six of the Penultimate Clash!

>Erik VS Juggernaut (front): Damage (10 damage!)

>Mizuki VS Juggernaut (front): Special Damage (does nothing)

>Daxus VS Progg A (front): Special Damage: Battle Frenzy (5 damage to entire party)

>Monk Pretzel helas Daxus: Heal (5+10=15)

This is a catastrophic round for the heroes. Erik prepares to jab the juggernaut, only for him to repel his spear with his own. In a blur, Juggernaut follows up with a mighty shield bash, sending Erik flying towards the wall. Mizuki tries to jab the Juggernaut, only prompting a lynch. However, Pretzel's seal restrains him, preventing him from doing any damage. Daxus lunges at Progg A, triggering a Battle Frenzy. Erik draws a sharp breath as the Progg's frenzy knocks him unconscious. Monk Pretzel jumps to Daxus's aid, healing his wounds.

"This is why the Progg Clan is not one to be tampered with."

Progg Juggernaut, Level 10 Nocturnal Beast Sealed! 1 turns remaining.

HP: 105/175

SP: 5

Specials:

Jab Blitz: Does 7 damage to the entire party regardless of row, and stuns the hero who rolled "special damage".

Lynch: Grabs the hero and stuns them, taking them hostage dealing 8 damage to the grabbed hero regardless of row. The Juggernaut then retreats to the back row. If no damage is dealt to the Juggernaut the following round, he will lynch the hostage, KOing them instantly. Rolling special damage when he has a hostage results in a lynch.

A dice is rolled to decide specials.

Passive Specials:

Stay on Guard: the Juggernaut is always playing defensively, boosting his allies' SP by 2 with his presence.

Drops: 40 gold, ??? x2

"Feel the pain, barbarian!"

Progg A, Level 8 Nocturnal Beast

HP: 23/80

SP: 2 4

Specials:

Battle Frenzy: deals 5 damage to all heroes, regardless of row.

Drops: 20 gold

The Party:

Monk Pretzel, Level 10 Cleric. 463-year-old male "hermit". (Played by Palathadric)*Party Leader!*

Power: 15

Health: 10/20(+1,+1)

Ether: 11/14

Gold: 152

Inventory: Cross (=Nimbus Broomstick) (WP: 5), Viking Helmet (+1 HP), Arm-Mounted Shield (+1 HP), Potion (x2), Remedy, Shovel, Bedroll, Yellow Essence x2, Green Essence x2, Grand Tonic, Scroll of Sealing, Cannonball, Holy Bomb, Brewer's Book, Ivory Key 1, Tonic x2, Smoke Bomb, Ivory Key 2

Erik Tyrvarr, Level 9 Barbarian. Male Human, 18 years old. (Played by Myrrdn) Knocked Out!

Power: 18

Health: 0/16

Gold: 141

Inventory: Voltedge (WP9, lightning elemental) Spear (WP9), Axe (WP3), Potion x2, Mead, Grand potion, Smoke Bomb, Cannonball

Daxus Octavian, Level 9 Rogue. Male Human, 23 years old. (Played by LEGOman273)

Power: 17

Health: 15/15

Gold: 304

Inventory: Combrys (WP: 8, WP goes up by 1 for each suscessful attack, drops to base WP when attack fails or the battle ends) Draken's Fire (WP: 7), Raider Crossbow (WP: 5)(Ice), Belt, Bedroll, Shovel, Potion (1x), Venom (1x), Grand Potion (1x), Mead (1x), Blue Essence (1x), Green Essence (1x) (Quest Items), Smelling Salts, Yellow Essence, Phoenix Essence, Nostrum

Mizuki Kimura, Level 10 Rogue. 21 years old female human. (Played by Zakura)

Power: 19

Health: 6/16

Gold: 389

Inventory: Dagger (WP: 9), Venom, Bedroll, Smoke Bomb, Grand Potion, Shovel, Pick, Nostrum, Blue Essence, Green Essence, Potion x2, Green Essence, Remedy, Cannonball, Smelling Salts

[Palathadric]

"Sorry fellows, now I remember why I struck through it and wanted to change the battle order and actions before. When I looked at the list again though, I couldn't remember why I wanted to change it.

Battle Order:

Daxus: Juggernaut (Front Row)

Pretzel: Heal Mizuki

Mizuki: Progg A (Back Row)

"Hopefully, this heal will go off and I'll be able to seat the juggernaut again next round. Perhaps it would have been a good idea to go back to that apparatus and blend these essences into more useful items, but let's deal with what we have for now. We can still win this. Maybe it's time to set off some bombs soon."

Just for clarification. If one of the rogues flees the battle and the rest of us die, we will all be restored to one unit of health, correct?

Edited July 19, 2012 by Palathadric

[Endgame]

QM Note: I believe so. If a rogue flees and the party meets their doom, the rogue drags them out of battle with Hp and Ether set back to 1. Also, since Myrrdn is KOed, you're playing as Daxus, and there is no reason to reject the order, I shall play this round.

Round Seven of the Penultimate Clash!

>Daxus VS Juggernaut (front): Miss

>Monk Pretzel heals Mizuki: No heal

>Mizuki VS Progg A (back): Miss

Daxus, jarred by the loss of his friend, misses in his assault against the skilled Juggernaut. Monk Pretzel attempts a healing, but fails. Mizuki is apparently discouraged by her lack of healing, and misses her target also. Progg A cackles, lowering the party's morale further.

"Ahh, yes. That spell fianlly wore off."

Progg Juggernaut, Level 10 Nocturnal Beast

HP: 105/175

SP: 5

Specials:

Jab Blitz: Does 7 damage to the entire party regardless of row, and stuns the hero who rolled "special damage".

Lynch: Grabs the hero and stuns them, taking them hostage dealing 8 damage to the grabbed hero regardless of row. The Juggernaut then retreats to the back row. If no damage is dealt to the Juggernaut the following round, he will lynch the hostage, KOing them instantly. Rolling special damage when he has a hostage results in a lynch.

A dice is rolled to decide specials.

Passive Specials:

Stay on Guard: the Juggernaut is always playing defensively, boosting his allies' SP by 2 with his presence.

Drops: 40 gold, ??? x2

"I would say "hit me with your best shot" - but you can't hit me at all! Heheheheh..."

Progg A, Level 8 Nocturnal Beast

HP: 23/80

SP: 2 4

Specials:

Battle Frenzy: deals 5 damage to all heroes, regardless of row.

Drops: 20 gold

The Party:

Monk Pretzel, Level 10 Cleric. 463-year-old male "hermit". (Played by Palathadric)*Party Leader!*

Power: 15

Health: 10/20(+1,+1)

Ether: 11/14

Gold: 152

Inventory: Cross (=Nimbus Broomstick) (WP: 5), Viking Helmet (+1 HP), Arm-Mounted Shield (+1 HP), Potion (x2), Remedy, Shovel, Bedroll, Yellow Essence x2, Green Essence x2, Grand Tonic, Scroll of Sealing, Cannonball, Holy Bomb, Brewer's Book, Ivory Key 1, Tonic x2, Smoke Bomb, Ivory Key 2

Erik Tyrvarr, Level 9 Barbarian. Male Human, 18 years old. (Played by Myrrdn) Knocked Out!

Power: 18

Health: 0/16

Gold: 141

Inventory: Voltedge (WP9, lightning elemental) Spear (WP9), Axe (WP3), Potion x2, Mead, Grand potion, Smoke Bomb, Cannonball

Daxus Octavian, Level 9 Rogue. Male Human, 23 years old. (Played by LEGOman273)

Power: 17

Health: 15/15

Gold: 304

Inventory: Combrys (WP: 8, WP goes up by 1 for each suscessful attack, drops to base WP when attack fails or the battle ends) Draken's Fire (WP: 7), Raider Crossbow (WP: 5)(Ice), Belt, Bedroll, Shovel, Potion (1x), Venom (1x), Grand Potion (1x), Mead (1x), Blue Essence (1x), Green Essence (1x) (Quest Items), Smelling Salts, Yellow Essence, Phoenix Essence, Nostrum

Mizuki Kimura, Level 10 Rogue. 21 years old female human. (Played by Zakura)

Power: 19

Health: 6/16

Gold: 389

Inventory: Dagger (WP: 9), Venom, Bedroll, Smoke Bomb, Grand Potion, Shovel, Pick, Nostrum, Blue Essence, Green Essence, Potion x2, Green Essence, Remedy, Cannonball, Smelling Salts

[Palathadric]

"Don't give up hope, Mizuki and Daxus. We are in a tough spot, it's true, but by no means an impossible one. Let's play out another round. If it's too bad, we can use a smoke bomb, but I don't think that will be necessary.

Battle Order:

Pretzel: Seat Juggernaut

Daxus: Juggernaut (Front Row)

Mizuki: Progg A (Back Row)

Myrddyn feel free to post if you have any suggestions. You can play for Daxus if you want.

[Myrddyn]

Daxus looks at Erik. "I don't care about Daxus! I want my XP!"

Daxus uses his phoenix essence on Erik.

"Yeah, you can definitely survive this round, and you have a smoke bomb. Another round sounds like a good idea."

[Palathadric]

Daxus looks at Erik. "I don't care about Daxus! I want my XP!"

Daxus uses his phoenix essence on Erik.

"Yeah, you can definitely survive this round, and you have a smoke bomb. Another round sounds like a good idea."

"I did not remember you had a Phoenix Essence, Daxus. Why didn't you tell me earlier? If you think we should use it on Erik now, then by all means do. We can make more later."

[Myrddyn]

"Nah, I think we should try and K/O the last Progg, then flee, heal, and come back to fight the Juggernaut."

Edited July 19, 2012 by Myrddyn

[Palathadric]

"Is that punii progg still with us, or did he take off with all of our bombs. We could use his explosives right about now."

[Endgame]

"Is that punii progg still with us, or did he take off with all of our bombs. We could use his explosives right about now."

Punii is still present. an outside force didn't completely copy+paste his stats...

[Palathadric]

"If punii through all three of the Holy Bombs, how much damage would he do to each progg? I wasn't listening when he was explaining the mechanism he would use."

[Endgame]

"Three holy bombs thrown at once would *wheeze* do 18 light elemental damage. This'd double to 36 damage total to each Progg."

[Palathadric]

"Three holy bombs thrown at once would *wheeze* do 18 light elemental damage. This'd double to 36 damage total to each Progg."

"And two bombs would do 24 total damage to each progg?"

[Endgame]

"And two bombs would do 24 total damage to each progg?"

"Yes."

[Palathadric]

"Run the battle order as I have it. If the situation is utterly bleak. The puny progg will throw his bombs before we set off a smoke bomb. Let's go with it. Who would've thought that I'd have to spend so much of my time fighting with two robb...rogues. Ah, well! I suppose the path to salvation is not lost to the least of these."

I mutter an incantation and sway my cross in Mizuki's direction. Trying to summon the spirit of healing within me.

[Myrddyn]

"If one of us gets the chance, we should make sure that any fallen enemies are dead. Maybe cut off their heads or something.

Then if we have to restart the battle, even if these guys heal somehow between battles, I doubt they can bring their allies back from the dead."

Daxus attacks the Juggernaut from the front row.

[Endgame]

Round Eight of the Penultimate Clash!

>Monk Pretzel seals Juggernaut: Failure!

>Daxus VS Juggernaut (front): Miss

>Mizuki VS Progg A (back): Special Damage (Battle Frenzy)

Monk Pretzel chants the incantation on the scroll. However, the confusing words written on it's weathered surface trip up Pretzel's tongue again, and the seal is unsuccessful. Daxus attempts to stab the Juggernaut, but he blocks the feeble blow with his shield and sends Daxus stumbling backwards. Mizuki unsheathes her dagger. This motion was enough to drive the Progg off the deep end, triggering a fierce battle frenzy.

The party is on the brink of demise. The Juggernaut still stands strong, mocking the party.

"You're getting promoted after this, rookie."

Progg Juggernaut, Level 10 Nocturnal Beast

HP: 105/175

SP: 5

Specials:

Jab Blitz: Does 7 damage to the entire party regardless of row, and stuns the hero who rolled "special damage".

Lynch: Grabs the hero and stuns them, taking them hostage dealing 8 damage to the grabbed hero regardless of row. The Juggernaut then retreats to the back row. If no damage is dealt to the Juggernaut the following round, he will lynch the hostage, KOing them instantly. Rolling special damage when he has a hostage results in a lynch.

A dice is rolled to decide specials.

Passive Specials:

Stay on Guard: the Juggernaut is always playing defensively, boosting his allies' SP by 2 with his presence.

Drops: 40 gold, ??? x2

"*fist pump* YESSSSSSSSS..."

Progg A, Level 8 Nocturnal Beast

HP: 23/80

SP: 2 4

Specials:

Battle Frenzy: deals 5 damage to all heroes, regardless of row.

Drops: 20 gold

The Party:

Monk Pretzel, Level 10 Cleric. 463-year-old male "hermit". (Played by Palathadric)*Party Leader!*

Power: 15

Health: 5/20(+1,+1)

Ether: 11/14

Gold: 152

Inventory: Cross (=Nimbus Broomstick) (WP: 5), Viking Helmet (+1 HP), Arm-Mounted Shield (+1 HP), Potion (x2), Remedy, Shovel, Bedroll, Yellow Essence x2, Green Essence x2, Grand Tonic, Scroll of Sealing, Cannonball, Holy Bomb, Brewer's Book, Ivory Key 1, Tonic x2, Smoke Bomb, Ivory Key 2

Erik Tyrvarr, Level 9 Barbarian. Male Human, 18 years old. (Played by Myrrdn) Knocked Out!

Power: 18

Health: 0/16

Gold: 141

Inventory: Voltedge (WP9, lightning elemental) Spear (WP9), Axe (WP3), Potion x2, Mead, Grand potion, Smoke Bomb, Cannonball

Daxus Octavian, Level 9 Rogue. Male Human, 23 years old. (Played by LEGOman273)

Power: 17

Health: 10/15

Gold: 304

Inventory: Combrys (WP: 8, WP goes up by 1 for each suscessful attack, drops to base WP when attack fails or the battle ends) Draken's Fire (WP: 7), Raider Crossbow (WP: 5)(Ice), Belt, Bedroll, Shovel, Potion (1x), Venom (1x), Grand Potion (1x), Mead (1x), Blue Essence (1x), Green Essence (1x) (Quest Items), Smelling Salts, Yellow Essence, Phoenix Essence, Nostrum

Mizuki Kimura, Level 10 Rogue. 21 years old female human. (Played by Zakura)

Power: 19

Health: 1/16

Gold: 389

Inventory: Dagger (WP: 9), Venom, Bedroll, Smoke Bomb, Grand Potion, Shovel, Pick, Nostrum, Blue Essence, Green Essence, Potion x2, Green Essence, Remedy, Cannonball, Smelling Salts

[Myrddyn]

"I think it's too risky to keep going - two of those special damages could take us all out. We'll have to flee, I suppose.

Suggested battle order/actions:

Someone remove Progg B's head. I will do that, since I do not have a smoke bomb.

Someone throw a smoke bomb. Mizuki?

Pretzel? We will have fled by then, so it will not matter.

Unless someone objects, I (Daxus) will remove the head from Progg B."

[Palathadric]

"I think we can have your punii progg throw two holy bombs? Any objection to that? The bombs don't take SP into account, do they? If not, let him toss the two bombs and I'll toss the smoke bomb."

Battle Order

(Either):

Punii: Two Holy Bombs

Pretzel: Smoke Bomb

(Or):

Daxus: Progg A

Pretzel: Smoke Bomb

"Just let me know whether throwing the two holy bombs would actually defeat Progg A or not."

Edited July 20, 2012 by Palathadric

[Endgame]

"I *wheeze* wish. 2 holy bombs would not take out Progg A.

Do you want to go through with Daxus's plan to behead the defeated Progg? It'll take a *cough* turn, but it'd make sure he doesn't come back up."

[Palathadric]

"There's no guarantee that it would work. I don't think we should risk it. If the Progg gets a special damage hit, then it would entirely deplete my weakened health rendering me incapable of throwing the bomb. Then we would have to deal with the Juggernaut's free hit which would KO Daxus. I think we either go with punii throwing two or three holy bombs, or we just throw the smoke bomb right away. Were the holy bombs useful in making any ingredients? Could someone check?"

New proposed plan:

Punii: Three Holy Bombs

Pretzel: Smoke Bomb

Or, I'll just throw the smoke bomb at once.

"The Holy Bombs cannot be used to make any ingredients. If you agree Punii can throw the three of them."

[Endgame]

QM Note: Heading to the airport now. See you all tomorrow, hopefully!

[Palathadric]

"Daxus, let me know what you think about letting Punii use the three Holy Bombs. At this point I don't think there is any way that I will allow you to continue fighting. We are both too weak. See my proposed plan."

[Myrddyn]

"I don't think we should use the bombs, because even if we do knock out Progg A, he might be revived by the Juggernaut after we flee.

As for what I said before about cutting the head off the Progg, I meant the one that we already K/O'ed. He won't be able to fight back, so there is no chance of him getting a special damage hit. It would just ensure that he is not revived after we flee."